Patents by Inventor Weihao Xu

Weihao Xu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11978488
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a PMR write head with a trailing shield that comprises a FeCoNiM composition. The FeCoNiM composition can be formed via an electroplating process by adding Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+ and a transition metal salt to an aqueous solution comprised of other additives in an electroplating cell that has an Ni or Co as the anode. The plated HD magnetic material as the trailing shield in a PMR writer can minimize a wide area track erasure (WATE). Further, a high moment high damping shield can lower bit error rate (BER) and increase aerial density capability (ADC) of the write head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaomin Liu, Wenjie Chen, Yue Liu, Weihao Xu, Yuhui Tang, Feiyue Li
  • Patent number: 11960535
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for recommending a podcast in music application and a device, where the method includes: a terminal device receives a start instruction for a podcast interface the music application; and the terminal device displays a first preset number of recommended podcast programs in the podcast interface in response to the start instruction, where each of the recommended podcast programs is an episode of audio data, and the recommended podcast programs include a podcast program matching with a preference of a user who uses the music application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiyang Huang, Jiarui Xu, Yang Li, Weihao Wang, Yiming Xiong, Yuxin Yang
  • Patent number: 11699461
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a thermally-assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) head. A magnetic assist current can be applied to the TAMR head to assist in reducing timing jitter as the TAMR head interacts with a magnetic recording material. The TAMR head can include a main write pole including a tip portion and configured to direct a magnetic field for interacting with a magnetic recording medium. The TAMR head can include a laser diode to heat the magnetic recording medium and a dynamic fly height (DFH) heating element for dynamically controlling a height of the main write pole. The heating element can be of a parallel bias circuit that directs a direct current (DC) bias current flow along an electrical path from the magnetic yoke element to the tip portion of the main write pole adjacent to an air bearing surface (ABS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bogdan Florin Valcu, Tobias Maletzky, Weihao Xu, Alain Truong, Yue Liu
  • Publication number: 20230134623
    Abstract: Provided are a method and system for controlling interactive live streaming co-hosting, a device, and a medium. The method for controlling interactive live streaming co-hosting includes acquiring a first interactive image and receiving a mirror interactive image of a second terminal by a first terminal, where the first terminal and the second terminal are in a live streaming co-hosting state, and the mirror interactive image of the second terminal is obtained by performing mirror processing on a second interactive image of the second terminal; and combining the first interactive image and the mirror interactive image by the first terminal to obtain a target interactive image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Wanhong WANG, Yalou Wang, Jiahuan Huang, Yong Zhu, Yaxin Li, Xin Che, Jiacheng Liu, Zihao Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Zheqi Qu, Weihao Xu, Jianping Chen
  • Patent number: 11410688
    Abstract: A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes a medium facing surface, a main pole, a waveguide, and a plasmon generator. A second metal layer of the plasmon generator includes a second front end facing the medium facing surface. A third metal layer of the plasmon generator includes a narrow portion located on the second metal layer. The narrow portion includes a front end face located in the medium facing surface and configured to generate near-field light from a surface plasmon, and a rear end opposite the front end face. The rear end is located farther from the medium facing surface than is the second front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Hiroyuki Ito, Shigeki Tanemura, Hironori Araki, Yoji Nomura, Yukinori Ikegawa, Weihao Xu
  • Patent number: 11315597
    Abstract: A plasmon generator (PG) is formed between a waveguide and main pole, and has a front portion (Au/Rh bilayer) wherein the upper Rh layer has a peg shape at an air bearing surface (ABS), and a tapered backside that is separated from a PG back portion by a dielectric spacer. The lower Au layer has a front side recessed from the ABS and curved sides self-aligned with the Rh layer sides. A key feature is that the back section of lower Au layer curved side forms a smaller angle with a plane aligned orthogonal to the ABS than a front section thereof thereby selectively enabling a deformation of the back end of the Au layer during a heat treatment to >300° C. at the wafer level. Accordingly, the front end of the lower Au layer is densified and provides an improved heat sink to improve reliability and area density capability (ADC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Shimazawa, Weihao Xu, Ken Fujii
  • Patent number: 11011192
    Abstract: An optically shielded (thermally assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) head comprises a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head and a near-field transducer (NFT) having an emerging peg at the air-bearing surface (ABS). Self-aligned optical side shields (SA-OSS) are formed using a self-aligning process that positions the shields symmetrically relative to the emergent peg of the NFT. As a result of the symmetric positioning the down-track and cross-track near-field and near-field gradients are significantly sharpened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Weihao Xu, Ittetsu Kitajima, Cherng-Chyi Han, Xuhui Jin, Weisheng Hu, Ethan Lo
  • Patent number: 10872628
    Abstract: A near field transducer (NFT) is formed between a waveguide and main pole at an air bearing surface (ABS). The NFT includes a rod-like front portion (PG1) and a substantially triangular shaped back portion (PG2) with a dielectric separation layer therebetween. PG1 is formed on a first dielectric layer with thickness t1 and refractive index (RI1) while PG2 is on a second dielectric layer with thickness t2 and having refractive index (RI2) where t1>t2, and RI1>RI2 while PG1 has a tapered backside at angle 45+15 degrees to promote efficient energy transfer from PG2 to PG1 and reduce NFT heating. A dielectric layer that induces poor adhesion with PG1 may be inserted between below PG1 at the ABS to cause Au recession to occur at the PG1 leading side thereby preventing voids at the PG1 trailing side and ensuring good ADC performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Shimazawa, Weihao Xu
  • Patent number: 10586560
    Abstract: A PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) head is configured for thermally assisted magnetic recording (TAMR). The thermal energy is supplied by the near-fields of plasmons and the near-fields are directed to a magnetic recording medium by a PPG layer. The PPG layer is Rhodium (Rh) whose small-grained crystal structure normally makes it subject to thermal deformations and other weaknesses. By growing the PPG layer on a thin template layer (TTL), the portion of the PPG layer adjacent to the air-bearing surface (ABS) develops a larger grain size and stronger forces between its atomic constituents which makes it resistant to those deformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shengyuan Wang, Weihao Xu, Cherng-Chyi Han, Xuhui Jin, Min Li, Kunliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10262683
    Abstract: A near field transducer (NFT) is formed between a waveguide and main pole layer at an air bearing surface (ABS). The NFT includes a resonator body layer made of Au, for example, with a front side at a first plane that is recessed a first distance from the ABS and a back side that is at a second plane formed parallel to the ABS and first plane. The NFT also has a peg layer with a rectangular peg portion between the ABS and first plane, and a larger back portion between the first and second planes that overlays directly above the resonator body layer. The peg layer is preferably made of Rh to improve mechanical stability of the NFT without significantly degrading overall optical efficiency of the NFT. A blocker may be formed between the ABS and waveguide to prevent light not coupled to the NFT from reaching the ABS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matteo Staffaroni, Xuhui Jin, Weihao Xu, Cherng-Chyi Han, Weisheng Hu, Shengyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10186288
    Abstract: A method of forming a TAMR (thermally assisted magnetic recording) write head that uses weakly plasmonic materials that are mechanically strong and thermally stable to create plasmon near field energy. The replacement of highly plasmonic materials like Au with a weakly plasmonic material like Rh avoids the thermal deformations of softer metals like Au. To maintain the performance of the head, it includes pre-focusing structures that concentrate plasmon energy as it moves towards the air bearing surface (ABS). A waveguide blocker at the distal end of the waveguide enhances the plasmons at the interface between the blocker and the dielectric material at the distal end of the waveguide. A pair of symmetrically disposed optical side shields (OSS) are formed to either side of the pole tip and a weakly plasmonic optical field enhancer of sharply defined line-width further strengthens the optical field at its point of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Weihao Xu, Cherng-Chyi Han, Weisheng Hu, Shengyuan Wang, Wen-Ding Huang, Ittetsu Kitajima
  • Patent number: 10152991
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a TAMR (thermal assisted magnetic recording) write head. The write head has a metal blocker formed against a distal end of a waveguide. The waveguide focuses optical radiation on an adjacent plasmon generator where it excites plasmon modes that heat the recording medium. Although the plasmon generator typically heats the recording medium using the plasmon near field to supply the required Joule heating, an unblocked waveguide would also send optical radiation to the medium and surrounding structures producing unwanted heating and device unreliability. The role of the blocker is to block the unwanted optical radiation and, thereby, to limit the heating to that supplied by the plasmon near field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chou, Kouji Shimazawa, Tobias Maletzky, Weihao Xu, Shinji Hara, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Yiming Wang, Cherng-Chyi Han, Xuhui Jin
  • Patent number: 10068596
    Abstract: An optically shielded TAMR (thermally assisted magnetic recording) write head has a metal waveguide blocker formed against a distal end of a waveguide and a pair of symmetrically disposed optical side shields formed to either side of a plasmon generator formed above the waveguide. The waveguide focuses optical radiation on the adjacent plasmon generator where it excites plasmon modes that heat the recording medium with near-field energy and the waveguide blocker prevents excess optical radiation from blurring the spot on the recording region. The optical side shields further restrict loosely coupled optical radiation from reaching the recording region and blurring the optical spot and improves down-track and cross-track thermal gradients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matteo Staffaroni, Tobias Maletzky, Xuhui Jin, Weihao Xu, Kenichi Takano
  • Publication number: 20180182419
    Abstract: A TAMR (thermal assisted magnetic recording) write head and a method of its fabrication. The write head has a metal blocker formed against a distal end of a waveguide. The waveguide focuses optical radiation on an adjacent plasmon generator where it excites plasmon modes that heat the recording medium. Although the plasmon generator typically heats the recording medium using the plasmon near field to supply the required Joule heating, an unblocked waveguide would also send optical radiation to the medium and surrounding structures producing unwanted heating and device unreliability. The role of the blocker is to block the unwanted optical radiation and, thereby, to limit the heating to that supplied by the plasmon near field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chou, Kouji Shimazawa, Tobias Maletzky, Weihao Xu, Shinji Hara, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Yiming Wang, Cherng-Chyi Han, Xuhui Jin
  • Publication number: 20180096702
    Abstract: An optically shielded TAMR (thermally assisted magnetic recording) write head has a metal waveguide blocker formed against a distal end of a waveguide and a pair of symmetrically disposed optical side shields formed to either side of a plasmon generator formed above the waveguide. The waveguide focuses optical radiation on the adjacent plasmon generator where it excites plasmon modes that heat the recording medium with near-field energy and the waveguide blocker prevents excess optical radiation from blurring the spot on the recording region. The optical side shields further restrict loosely coupled optical radiation from reaching the recording region and blurring the optical spot and improves down-track and cross-track thermal gradients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Matteo Staffaroni, Tobias Maletzky, Xuhui Jin, Weihao Xu, Kenichi Takano
  • Patent number: 9852752
    Abstract: A TAMR (thermal assisted magnetic recording) write head has a metal blocker formed against a distal end of a waveguide. The waveguide focuses optical radiation on an adjacent plasmon generator where it excites plasmon modes that heat the recording medium. Although the plasmon generator typically heats the recording medium using the plasmon near field to supply the required Joule heating, an unblocked waveguide would also send optical radiation to the medium and surrounding structures producing unwanted heating and device unreliability. The role of the blocker is to block the unwanted optical radiation and, thereby, to limit the heating to that supplied by the plasmon near field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chou, Kouji Shimazawa, Tobias Maletzky, Weihao Xu, Shinji Hara, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Yiming Wang, Cherng-Chyi Han, Xuhui Jin
  • Publication number: 20170221505
    Abstract: A near field transducer (NFT) is formed between a waveguide and main pole layer at an air bearing surface (ABS). The NFT includes a resonator body layer made of Au, for example, with a front side at a first plane that is recessed a first distance from the ABS and a back side that is at a second plane formed parallel to the ABS and first plane. The NFT also has a peg layer with a rectangular peg portion between the ABS and first plane, and a larger back portion between the first and second planes that overlays directly above the resonator body layer. The peg layer is preferably made of Rh to improve mechanical stability of the NFT without significantly degrading overall optical efficiency of the NFT. A blocker may be formed between the ABS and waveguide to prevent light not coupled to the NFT from reaching the ABS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Matteo Staffaroni, Xuhui Jin, Weihao Xu, Cherng-Chyi Han, Weisheng Hu, Shengyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9466320
    Abstract: A thermally assisted magnetic recording head is disclosed with a light delivery waveguide circuit wherein a middle section of the primary waveguide (WG) has a curved portion. In one embodiment, the curved portion connects to a front WG section at the air bearing surface (ABS) and is offset in a cross-track direction from the laser diode to prevent stray light from heating metal parts proximate to the front section and undesirable writer protrusion. Optionally, a reflective blocker is inserted between the WG spot size converter and ABS. In a second embodiment, the laser diode, spot size converter, and front WG section are all aligned along a center slider plane. The curved portion has at least one 180° bend to bend light around the blocker that is between the spot size converter and WG front section. The blocker is tilted to prevent reflected light from returning to the laser diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matteo Staffaroni, Xuhui Jin, Weihao Xu, Luc Chung
  • Patent number: 9460740
    Abstract: A thermally assisted magnetic recording head is disclosed having a spot size converter with at least one secondary waveguide adjoining a top or bottom surface of a primary waveguide. Each waveguide has tapered sides but the secondary waveguide is tapered at a greater angle over a shorter taper distance in order to couple propagated light into the primary waveguide before the front end of the taper. The secondary waveguide terminates in a ridge with a fixed width w3 of about 50-170 nm that is between the front end of the taper and the air bearing surface (ABS). The ridge enables transverse magnetic (TM) transmission mode efficiency above 90% even with a typical process misalignment in the cross-track and height directions. The primary waveguide has a front section with width w2 between an end of its tapered sides and the ABS where w2 is substantially larger than w3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matteo Staffaroni, Xuhui Jin, Weihao Xu, Jianing Zhou, Ya-An Yang, Dayu Zhou